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Andy Burnham Labour Party politician Andy Burnham launching his campaign in the Makerfield by-election, May 22, 2026.

Andy Burnham

prime minister of United Kingdom
Also known as: Andrew Murray Burnham
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Andy Burnham (born 1970, Liverpool, England) is the leader of the British Labour Party and the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Before he was elected to Parliament in June 2026, he served for nine years as the mayor of Greater Manchester. Burnham was born in Liverpool, England, in 1970, and raised in a village in Cheshire, near Makerfield. His father worked as a phone engineer, and his mother was a receptionist at a doctor’s...

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